Science

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUTUBE VIDEOS:

• Many of these links take you to YouTube videos, which usually begin with advertisements. Choose "Skip Ad" to start the video after only a few seconds of the ad.
• Please note that YouTube will automatically select and begin showing you another video AFTER the video I have suggested for you. The video I have selected for you is only the FIRST one that plays when you follow my link. The video YouTube selects for you may not be useful.

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN

The Scientific Method

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMGRe824kak

Controlled Experiments

https://youtu.be/D3ZB2RTylR4

Independent and Dependent Variables

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqj0rJEf3Ew

The Scientific Method and Experimental Design

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx59TPJkv3I';/;'ol

PHYSICAL SCIENCE

What is Energy?

Basic information about energy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4M-q8fiJ2I

A Star Turn Inside Out

This video explains how scientists explain the creation of atoms, the particles that make up all matter in the universe.

Presented by NASA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=s2Ho8seXwQg

Atomic Structure Videos

http://www.atomickids.org/atomic-theory

Excellent, clear explanations of the structure of matter. Kids are the intended audience, but the videos are very useful to anyone who has little or no knowledge of chemistry or has forgotten much of the chemistry learned in school.

Atomic Structure Tutorial

https://pbslm-contrib.s3.amazonaws.com/WGBH/arct15/SimBucket/Simulations/chemthink-atomicstructure/content/index.html

Build an Atom Interactive

https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/build-an-atom/latest/build-an-atom_en.html

TV 411: Water

States of matter and phase change

http://www.tv411.org/science/tv411-whats-cooking/water-science-lesson

States of Matter and Phase Change Interactive

https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/states-of-matter-basics/latest/states-of-matter-basics_en.html

TV 411: Carbohydrates

Types of carbohydrates, chemical elements that make up carbohydrates, what happens to carbs in the body

http://www.tv411.org/science/tv411-whats-cooking/carbohydrates-science-lesson

Law of Conservation of Mass

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-law-of-conservation-of-mass-todd-ramsey#watch

Balancing Chemical Equations

Excellent explanation of how to balance chemical equations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA3TZJ2em6g

Balancing Chemical Equations Online Practice: Phet

https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/balancing-chemical-equations

Balancing Chemical Equations Online Practice: Jefferson Lab

http://education.jlab.org/elementbalancing/

Endothermic vs. Exothermic Reactions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cUK4jcAEaU

All of Tyler DeWitt Videos: Clear explanations of chemistry.

https://www.youtube.com/user/tdewitt451/videos

How Molecules Move

https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-invisible-motion-of-still-objects-ran-tivony#watch

What is a Cell?

https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/primer/basics/cell

CELLS Alive: Eurkaryotic Organelles

Interactive diagram of cell parts (organelles). Place cursor over each organelle to see its name. Click on the organelle for information about it.

Click on animal or plant cell. Then click START THE ANIMATION.

https://www.cellsalive.com/cells/cell_model_js.htm

Photosynthesis (with quiz)

This is made for kids, but it’s very clear about how photosynthesis works.

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-simple-but-fascinating-story-of-photosynthesis-and-food-amanda-ooten#watch

Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis--animated and explained clearly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFaBpVoQD4E

TV411: Photosynthesis

Practice interpreting diagrams, examine ingredients and products of photosynthesis, identify producers and consumers in the food web

http://www.tv411.org/science/tv411-whats-cooking/photosynthesis-science-lesson

Cell Reproduction Virtual Lab (we will do this in class)

http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/virtual_labs/BL_23/BL_23.html

The Amoeba Sisters: Meiosis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toWK0fIyFlY

Mitosis vs. Meiosis

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/miracle/divi_flash.html

The Book of You (DNA) (with quiz)

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/dna-the-book-of-you-joe-hanson

DNA (with quiz)

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-twisting-tale-of-dna-judith-hauck

Building a DNA Molecule

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/molecules/builddna/

Memory

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-memories-form-and-how-we-lose-them-catharine-young/review_open#question-8

The Amoeba Sisters: Ecological Relationships

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNjPI84sApQ&list=PLwL0Myd7Dk1F0iQPGrjehze3eDpco1eVz

Symbiotic Relationships (Mutualism, Commensalism, Parasitism)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yhPeVD5Tm4

Parasitisim

https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-parasites-change-their-host-s-behavior-jaap-de-roode

Mutualism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bFSR_4PmCk

EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE

The Earth's Atmosphere

Made for kids but is clear and has a lot of information.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbwEF6xvlVg&t=13s

Fossil Fuels

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaXBVYr9Ij0

The Greenhouse Effect

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=VYMjSule0Bw

Why Seasons Change

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/reasons-for-the-seasons-rebecca-kaplan